Michalia Arathimos is a Greek New Zealand author. She has published short stories and poetry in several New Zealand books and journals, including Best New Zealand Fiction Volume 4, Lost in Translation: New Zealand Stories, Sport, Turbine, JAAM, Metro, The NZ Listener, Otoliths and Blackmail Press. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing with Bill Manhire at the International Institute of Modern Letters, where she is writing a novel.